She-wolf of Wall Street: Reese Witherspoon to star in financial comedy
Oscar winner set to take on adaptation of Opening Belle, a novel about a woman juggling a high-powered banking career with motherhood
October 2013
JP Morgan facing third quarter loss after $9.2bn legal costs
US bank hit by London Whale trading fines and legal penalties over sale of sub-prime mortgages that could yet reach $11bn
September 2013
JP Morgan boss in talks over penalty fine for sub-prime bond sales
@Horse_ebooks: digital performance art with a corporate twist
January 2013
Wall Street thanks you for your service, Tim Geithner
Dean Baker
Dean Baker: First the treasury secretary propped up the big banks with public spending. Then he backed their agenda: cuts to public spending
October 2012
Bear Stearns accused of fraud but sceptics question target and timing
JP Morgan sued by government over Bear Stearns mortgage securities sales
August 2012
Credit crunch: elusive ghosts of the financial feast lurk in the shadows
It is half a decade this week since the 'world changed', in Adam Applegarth's famous phrase. But what has happened to the architects of economic meltdown? And has anything really changed for them?
June 2012
Pity Ben Bernanke, unlikely Atlas of the US economy
Heidi Moore
Heidi Moore: The Federal Reserve was once an arcane institution that simply tweaked interest rates. Now, we look to its chairman for salvation
August 2011
Global financial crisis: five key stages 2007-2011
From sub-prime mortgages in 2007 to the newly downgraded US debt status, the latest crisis point is unlikely to be the last
April 2011
The Friday interview
Myth-breaker charts the tarnishing of the Goldman image
William Cohan, author of new book on Goldman Sachs, says bank will take years to reinstate its reputation. By Dominic Rushe
January 2011
Former Bear Stearns trader pleads guilty in insider trading case
Danielle Chiesi, a former consultant for Bear Stearns' New Castle Funds, is accused of earning more than $4m by trading on inside information
October 2010
Farewell to Wall Street
After four years as US business correspondent, Andrew Clark is heading home. He recalls the extraordinary events that nearly bankrupted America – and how it's bouncing back
September 2010
Wall Street's greatest heist: the Tarp
Dean Baker
Dean Baker: The notion that without the $700bn bailout we would be reduced to bartering was a ruse by the banks to get taxpayers' money
May 2010
Former Bear Stearns boss Jimmy Cayne blames conspiracy for bank's collapse
Bear Stearns executives to tell credit crunch inquiry they did all they could
April 2010
Viewpoint column
Stock markets keep calm and carry on as financial crisis hits Spain
Nils Pratley
The sanguine reaction is not quite as mad as it seems – fund managers can see that Greek woes are not yet causing chaos in the currency markets
Bear Stearns turned down Goldman Sachs-type deal for failing ethics test
Bear Stearns feared Paulson deal would be sink for sub-prime assets, book reveals
Joseph Cassano unlikely to face charges over AIG crisis
Former head of London-based AIG Financial Products led team that created high-risk credit default swaps
March 2010
Heather Stewart's business comment
Stop bank bosses gambling with our money
Heather Stewart
Even Mervyn King is taking note of economist Larry Kotlikoff's radical plan to reform banks and stop their trail of bets and counter-bets
